Re: V5R3 RSTSTG warning if moving to larger disks

Update.  Depsite APAR MA37764 showing closed PER there will be a fixing PTF for V5R3.  It's not closed yet, or searchable, but it will be MF46700.
PS - it seems to be almost identical to the problem reported, & fixed, in V5R1 & V5R2 on APAR MA27962
Neil Palmer, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada



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--- On Wed, 4/22/09, Neil Palmer <neilpalmer400mr@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Neil Palmer <neilpalmer400mr@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: V5R3 RSTSTG warning if moving to larger disks
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Received: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 12:13 PM

If you were thinking of using SAVSTG/RSTSTG on V5R3, to move to larger disks (swap out 8.5GB drives, swap in 17.5GB or larger, to allow installation of V5R4 - probably something quite a few people may think of doing), then a word of advice.  DON'T.You will go through the entire process of SAVSTG, restoring LIC to the new load source, running the RSTSTG from DST, and all will appear successful through the end of the LIC IPL, UNTIL it hits the very last piece "Start the Operating System".  At which point it will crash with:B6000417 0DB00060 And no, trying to SLIP install the Operating System from a SAVSYS tape will not resolve the problem, merely change the SRC code when you hit "Start the Operating System" to:B9003440 0DB00080  Apparently I was only the 2nd person to hit this problem when I found it last weekend, less than seven days after the first poor sucker, so when I searched for open APAR's to check this was safe to use before running I didn't
find any as at the time APAR MA37764 was not publicly viewable (it is now).
Apparently IBM thinks closing the APAR as a Permanent Restriction without issuing a fixing PTF for V5R3 is acceptable.  I don't.http://www-912.ibm.com/n_dir/nas4apar.nsf/c79815e083182fec862564c00079d117/0464abaf5c4aae678625759f003c6fc7
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